Storms blowing in tornado threat across U.S. Plains this weekend
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – A strong storm system, with high winds and torrential rain, is taking shape in the south central United States this weekend and threatens to produce tornadoes, which have been relatively uncommon so far this year, fore…
Driver in crash killing New York’s ‘Dr. Vodka’ charged with homicide
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Lamborghini driver whose passenger, New York vodka entrepreneur Malcolm Lloyd, was killed after he plowed into a sports utility vehicle in a high-speed car crash in Miami was charged with vehicular homicide on Friday, police said.
The Chinese take Manhattan: replace Russians as top apartment buyers
NEW YORK/SYDNEY (Reuters) – For the first time, the Chinese have become the biggest foreign buyers of apartments in Manhattan, real estate brokers estimate, taking the mantle from the Russians – whose activity has dropped off since the unrest in Ukrain…
Michigan man gets new judge for murder trial in porch shooting
(Reuters) – A white suburban Detroit homeowner charged with second-degree murder for shooting an unarmed black woman on his front porch in November will have a new judge assigned to preside over his upcoming trial, a judge ruled on Friday.
Fire in New Jersey Pine Barrens forces evacuation of 250 people
(This April 24 story was corrected to fix spelling of spokesman’s name to Hajna from Hijna)
Florida man appeals 162 year sentence on cellphone privacy grounds
MIAMI (Reuters) – Lawyers for a south Florida man serving almost 162 years in prison for his role in a string of armed robberies told a U.S. appeals court that prosecutors had no right to use cell phone location data during his trial and the double lif…
American Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Tampa
(Reuters) – An American Airlines ERJ 145 regional jet made an emergency landing in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday after reports of smoke in the cockpit, an airline spokeswoman said on Friday.
Virgin America awarded Dallas Love Field gates shed by American
(Reuters) – Virgin America on Friday said it would offer new flights from Dallas Love Field after it was awarded two gates at that airport by the U.S. Justice Department.
Republicans seek North Carolina seat that could swing Senate balance
DAVIDSON, North Carolina (Reuters) – North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis says national Democrats have spent millions attacking him because they are worried he will win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in the state’s primary election on Ma…
California school bus crash injures driver, 11 children
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Eleven middle school students and a bus driver were injured on Thursday, three critically, when their bus veered off a Southern California road, authorities said.
